City Analytics - 7451
Program Summary
Faculty: Built Environment
Contact: Built Environment
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Typical Duration: 1 Years 
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 24
Award(s):
Graduate Certificate in City Analytics
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Program Description
**The first intake for this program will be Semester 1 2018**
With an increasing urbanised world there is a critical need to do more with less. The City Analytics programs will play an integral role in growing the skill set and culture of data driven evidenced based policy and decision-making across our Cities, both in Australia and Internationally. Smart cities, big data, virtual reality and such technologies promise much in their use in planning more sustainable, productive and resilient cities. However, such technologies need to be properly understood, critically appraised and used effective by government industry to ensure our cities of the future are equitable, prosperous and sustainable.
The new City Analytics articulated suite of programs will provide a unique offering upskilling the next generation of practitioners and policy-makers with the ability to harness the power of data driven approaches to understanding the spatial and temporal dimensions of our cities, both past, present and future.
The core elements of the City Analytics Graduate Certificate primarily comprise of courses specifically relevant to Smart Cities. Specifically; Scientific Programming, Digital Cities, GIS in Planning, and Urban Data Visualisation.
With an increasing urbanised world there is a critical need to do more with less. The City Analytics programs will play an integral role in growing the skill set and culture of data driven evidenced based policy and decision-making across our Cities, both in Australia and Internationally. Smart cities, big data, virtual reality and such technologies promise much in their use in planning more sustainable, productive and resilient cities. However, such technologies need to be properly understood, critically appraised and used effective by government industry to ensure our cities of the future are equitable, prosperous and sustainable.
The new City Analytics articulated suite of programs will provide a unique offering upskilling the next generation of practitioners and policy-makers with the ability to harness the power of data driven approaches to understanding the spatial and temporal dimensions of our cities, both past, present and future.
The core elements of the City Analytics Graduate Certificate primarily comprise of courses specifically relevant to Smart Cities. Specifically; Scientific Programming, Digital Cities, GIS in Planning, and Urban Data Visualisation.
Program Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from the 7451 program will be able to:
- Demonstrate a basic grounding in understanding, analysing, modelling, and visualising urban data.
- Develop skills in relevant computer technologies and a critical appreciation for technology transfer in practice in the changing global context.
- Demonstrate ability to interpret and communicate knowledge, skills and ideas to both specialist and non-specialist audiences with a focus on technology.
- Demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical conduct and personal accountability consistent with industry expectations in the context of new technology and data governance.
Program Structure
Year 1
Semester 1
Semester 1
- BENV7500 Programmable City (6 UOC)
- BENV7504 Digital Cities (6 UOC)
- BENV7728 GIS for Built Environment (6 UOC)
Year 1
Semester 2
Semester 2
Academic Rules
Admission Requirements:
The emerging field of smart cities is of interest and relevance to a wide range of professions and disciplines areas. Accordingly, the range of Bachelor degree subject areas considered a relevant background for admission to this program is quite broad. Applicants with undergraduate degrees in the following subject areas and who have achieved a credit average will be eligible for admission to the suite of City Analytics programs. There will be an opportunity for articulation to the Masters program on satisfactory completion of the course requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma.
The emerging field of smart cities is of interest and relevance to a wide range of professions and disciplines areas. Accordingly, the range of Bachelor degree subject areas considered a relevant background for admission to this program is quite broad. Applicants with undergraduate degrees in the following subject areas and who have achieved a credit average will be eligible for admission to the suite of City Analytics programs. There will be an opportunity for articulation to the Masters program on satisfactory completion of the course requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma.
- Built Environment subject areas
- Business
- Computer Science
- Environmental Sciences
- Engineering
- Law/Jurisprudence
- Social science, social and public policy
- Design Disciplines
**Please note that the Graduate Certificate is not available to International students as it can only be undertaken on a part-time basis.**
Articulation:
Students may apply to progress from the Graduate Certificate or the Graduate Diploma to Masters level with full credit for courses completed in earlier programs in the sequence.
Students may apply to progress from the Graduate Certificate or the Graduate Diploma to Masters level with full credit for courses completed in earlier programs in the sequence.
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